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語源

From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”), from whig (“to drive”) + mare.

発音

• IPA: /ʍɪɡ/, /wɪɡ/; enPR: hwĭg, wĭg
• 韻: -ɪɡ
• 異形同音異義語: whig; wig (wine–whine merger)

名詞

Whig (plural Whigs)

1. (UK politics, historical) A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.

   Antonym: Tory

   • 2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     One was a piece, Two Cheers for the Whig Interpretation of History, by William Cronon, president of the American Historical Association.

2. (UK politics, rare) A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats.
3. (US politics, historical) An advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution.

   Antonym: Tory

4. (US politics, historical) A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.

   Antonyms: Democrat, Jacksonian Democrat

派生語

参考

• (UK): Tory
• (US): Federalist
• (UK): Lib Dem, Labour
• (Canada): Grit